Police issue fine to learner motorcyclist on M5 who was travelling from Cardiff to Dorset

The motorcyclist was undertaking a non-essential journey and, as a learner, was on the motorway illegally (Image: ASPolice Road Safety/Twitter)

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A learner motorcyclist who was trying to travel from Cardiff to Dorset on the M5 was stopped and turned around by police.

The Avon and Somerset Police road safety team reported on Twitter that officers had pulled over the bike on the motorway and found he had not been taking an essential journey.

He was also reprimanded by police because, as a learner, he was not allowed to ride on motorways and was escorted from the carriageway.

Under the current guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are only allowed to travel for work where absolutely unavoidable and to undertake essential journeys to get food or medicine or to check on vulnerable people.

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